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Friday, September 25, 2009

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Cream Frosting - Foodie Friday

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Contrary to rumor, I don't travel with my KitchenAid mixer. When we're camping or visiting places where there are no restaurants, I arm myself with simple recipes that can be prepared in minutes with nothing more sophisticated than a wooden spoon. I've made these cupcakes for years. They're simple enough for a child to prepare and they're perfect for fall. The aroma of these cakes baking perfumes the kitchen with the scents of Island spices and the promise of a Thanksgiving yet to come. I think you like these. They're a cake type muffin that's made less pedestrian with a wonderful cream cheese frosting. Here's the recipe.Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Cream Frosting...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite

Directions:1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 18 muffin cups with paper liners. Set aside.2) Combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and allspice in a medium bowl.3) Combine eggs, and sugar in another medium bowl. Whisk to combine. Add milk, butter and pumpkin puree; mix with whisk or wooden spoon until smooth. Add flour mixture and beat until combined. Fill prepared muffin cups with batter.4) Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan for 1 minute. Remove from pan and allow to cool completely.5) While cakes are baking, place cream cheese, milk or maple syrup and maple extract in a bowl. Beat till combined. Gradually add confectioners' sugar until smooth and creamy. Add more milk or syrup if frosting is too stiff to spread.6) Frost cakes and garnish as desired.

Cupcakes are always pretty easy to make. I usually do things without the electric whisk. It seems like more fun when you have to put more work to stirring up the batter than just holding the mixing machine over it.

I <3 pumpkin! I can see you are already rolling in to the Fall season!

I am laughing that you say you do not travel with your Kitchenaid:) I copied your recipe for my cooking group to try next month. I went to buy Pumpkin this week and my market said they will not stock it until October which I found so strange? I was hoping to make a bread pudding for his Sunday for my company but no such luck.Joyce

Would you believe that I have been to the grocery store three times now and I have yet to find either pumpkin puree or pumpkin pie filling? Every time I go there is a sign that says "coming soon". Not soon enough!

Hello Sweet Friend,Thanks for stopping by. I so love this recipe. It sounds so yummy for the tummy. This is one I am saving. Right up my alley. Thank you sweetie.

You asked about Amy's Dr.s and suggestions. They checked them out of the hospital, and have never heard from them again. They sent her home to die, with nothing. My Moma and Daddy did purchase one of those air mattresses that the air goes up and down throughout the body, changing locations to keep the body off the hard mattress. Even with that your body breaks down over time. Hospice has helped with what they can. They are making sure she has meds and is comfortable. The Dr.s didn't even tell them what to do if the tumor breaks open or what to do when she passes. Hopsice told them. They have been a big help to Debbie and family. I wish I could say the same for the Dr.s, but not so. They didn't even tell them that eventually the tumor would get so large that it would start pushing her trach. out making it near impossible for her to breathe. Don't you think these things would be of importance? I sure do.

I am leaving Wednesday for Oklahoma. It is time to go. I will be there for 17 days. I am hoping to be of some help along the way.

These look great! I'm going to try the recipe tonight. Are cloves one of the ingredients, though? It's not listed as an ingredient, but then in step 2 it says "nutmeg, cloves and allspice". I'm just going to skip them for now, and I bet they'll taste great anyhow :-)

I removed cloves from the ingredient list because I thought they made the cakes too bitter. I neglected to remove it from the instructions. I'll remedy that immediately. Thank you for pointing that out to me.

What a wonderful recipe, and what a beautiful blog Mary!! I'll be back again and again! I was in the restaurant business and I was a professional cook/caterer for many years. Now painting takes up most of my time, but I still love to cook and feeding family and friends is one of my greatest passions. I'm sure your blog will come in very, very handy!!

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